Quantum travan 20gb User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Introduction

  6
  • About this manual

    6
  • About your Travan tape drive

    6
  • Items you many need for the installation

    7
    • ATAPI drives

      7
    • SCSI drives

      7
  • Important precautions

    7
• Installing an ATAPI Drive

  8
  • Examine your computer

    8
  • Set the master/slave jumpers

    9
  • Attach or remove mounting brackets

    10
  • Mount the drive

    10
  • Attach your tape drive to the secondary IDE port

    11
  • Connect the power cable

    12
  • Check all cables in your computer system

    12
  • Reinstall your computer cover

    12
• Installing a SCSI Drive

  13
  • Set the drive’s SCSI ID number

    13
  • Check SCSI termination

    14
  • Check additional SCSI options (optional)

    15
  • Attach or remove mounting brackets

    16
  • Mount the drive

    16
  • Connect the drive to your SCSI host adapter

    17
  • Connect the power cable

    17
  • Check all cables in your computer system

    18
  • Reinstall your computer cover

    18
• Operation and Maintenance

  19
  • Loading and unloading cartridges

    19
  • Handling Travan cartridges

    20
  • Retensioning tapes

    20
  • Cleaning the tape drive mechanism

    20
  • Setting the write-protect switch

    21
  • Recommended tape cartridges

    21
• Troubleshooting

  22
  • Installation troubleshooting (ATAPI drives)

    22
  • Installation troubleshooting (SCSI drives)

    23
  • Tape operations troubleshooting

    23